It often gets confused with squirrelpox, which is caused by another virus carried harmlessly by gray squirrels but can ...

These wild ‘Frankenstein’ rabbits are looking like something out of The Last of Us. Similar to the TV series where the ...

Wildlife experts warn that “zombie squirrels” and “Frankenstein rabbits” show how parasites and diseases can alter animal ...

A rapidly spreading virus is causing cottontail rabbits to grow black, tentacle-like growths out of their heads, prompting ...

Rabbits with terrifying deformities have been spotted in the Midwest, leaving many worried that the condition could spread to ...

Squirrels with pox and rabbits with horns. Learn more about the viruses impacting these small mammals.

As weird and concerning as they appear, the virus that causes the dark, wart-like horns or tentacles to grow on cottontail ...

Rumors spread online that rabbits infected with a virus that creates a tentacle-like growth on their faces were "invading" ...

The grotesque “Frankenstein”-esque rabbits — once just a Colorado curiosity — are now turning up in Minnesota and Nebraska, ...

Across the US and Canada, squirrels are increasingly sighted with grotesque, wart-like growths due to squirrel fibromatosis, ...

More reported cases of a grotesque virus leaving rabbits across the US deformed is sparking fears that the condition is spreading nationwide this summer.

Rabbit owners have been told to look after their pets after a number of 'Frankenstein' bunnies have been spotted in Fort ...